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History of Ohio - Constitutional Convention of 1912. In 1912, the citizens of Ohio convened a Constitutional Convention to examine whether changes needed to be made in the state's basic organizing document. A special election was held, and delegates equal to the number of seats in the General Assembly were elected. The delegates were private citizens, representing the merchants, farmers, manufacturers, and academics of the state, instead of career politicians. Charles B. Galbreath of Medina County was elected Secretary. Debate was held in the chamber of the House of Repr ...

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Wayne County is in the western part of New York State, east of Rochester and northwest of Syracuse, on the south shore of Lake Ontario. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,585 km² (1,384 mi²). 1,565 km² (604 mi²) of it is land and 2,020 km² (780 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 56.35% water. The Clinton Formation, a band of red hematite across the county, led to a thriving iron industry during the 19th Century. Furnace ...

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In March 1791, he led a force of Kentucky volunteers against Indians north of the Ohio River, and in October he received a commission to the U.S. Army as lieutenant colonel, commandant of the 2nd Infantry. He was promoted to Brigadier General and served on the frontier under General Anthony Wayne, commanding the right wing in the Battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794. During this time, he secretly maintained contacts with the Spanish government and informed them of plans for General George Rogers Clark to attack New Orleans in 1793-1794. H ...

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He first served in Thompson’s Pennsylvania rifle battalion, 1775–1776, and was commissioned a Captain in September 1775. He served under Colonel Benedict Arnold in the Siege of Boston and at Montreal during the Invasion of Canada (1775). He became an aide to General Horatio Gates in early 1776 and served under General George Washington in the battles at Trenton and Princeton. He was brevetted as Major General from November 1777 to March 1778, and was concu ...

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As in the East, expansion into the plains and mountains by miners, ranchers and settlers led to increasing conflicts with the indigenous population of the West. Many tribes — from the Utes of the Great Basin to the Nez Perces of Idaho — fought the whites at one time or another. But the Sioux of the Northern Plains and the Apache of the Southwest provided the most significant opposition to encroachment on tribal lands. Led by resolute, militant leaders, such as Red Cloud and Crazy Horse, the Sioux were skilled at high-speed mounted warfar ...

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As of the census2 of 2000, there are 93,765 people, 34,908 households, and 25,063 families residing in the county. The population density is 60/km² (155/mi²). There are 38,767 housing units at an average density of 25/km² (64/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 93.80% White, 3.25% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.87% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. 2.41% ...

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During the French and Indian War, a combined force of Delaware (Lenape) Indians and Frenchmen attacked and sacked Fort Granville (near present-day Lewistown) in June of 1756, taking a number of prisoners back along the Kittanning Path to the their fortified village of Kittanning on the Allegheny River (present-day Kittanning, Pennsylvania). Governor John Penn ordered provincial troops stationed in Cumberland County to respond. Colonel Armstrong led the Kittanning Expedition, a bold raid deep into hostile territory that destroyed Kittanning on about 6 September 1756. The action earned Armst ...

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Modern Fort Wayne is set in a productive agricultural area, but has always been an important transportation hub. Founded at the confluence of three rivers, the city was the summit of the Wabash-Erie Canal. Fort Wayne also sits at the high point between two Indiana watersheds; hence its nickname, "Summit City." Current Fort Wayne straddles Interstate 69, and is served by Norfolk Southern, Conrail and CSX rail lines as well as Fort Wayne International Airport and Smith Field regional airport.

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Fort Wayne has an elected mayor, clerk and city council-style of government. Fort Wayne Indiana - Executive - mayor. Fort Wayne's mayor is Democrat Graham Richard, who has served in the post since January 2000. He was elected to a second term in 2003. See, List of Fort Wayne, Indiana mayors Fort Wayne Indiana - City clerk. Democrat Sandra Kennedy has been Fort Wayne's city clerk since 1983. Fort ...

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Combined arms operations dates back to antiquity, where armies would usually field a screen of skirmishers to protect their spearmen during the approach to contact. In more elaborate situations the armies of various nationalities fielded different combinations of light, medium, or heavy infantry, cavalry, chariotry, camelry, elephantry, and artillery (mechanical weapons), with the cooperating units variously armed with side-arms, spears, or missile weapons in order to coordinate an attack in time and space th ...

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In the mid-20th century, Fort Wayne was a major manufacturing center of the northeastern United States. Major employers included General Electric, International Harvester (left Fort Wayne in 1983), and Tokheim gasoline pumps (sold in 2003). Phelps Dodge, Rea Wire, and Essex Wire comprised the largest concentration of copper and enamel wire manufacturing in the world. In the latter half of the 20th century, shifts in manufacturing patterns led to the reduction of the number of manufacturing plants and jobs, and Fort Wayne could be counted among the relatively ...

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 205,727 people, 83,333 households, and 50,666 families residing in the city. In 2003, the Census Bureau revised the population of Fort Wayne upward to 220,486 to reflect neighborhood annexation after 2000. On January 1, 2006 an additional annexation of 13 square miles of suburban Aboite Township into the City of Fort Wayne became effective. It brought in approximately 30,000 additional people, boosting the ...

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Fort Wayne Indiana - Colleges/universities. Concordia Theological Seminary of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod Fort Wayne Center for Medical Education (a branch of Indiana University School of Medicine) Indiana Business College Indiana Institute of Technology (IIT) International Business College Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) Ivy Tech State College Taylor University Fort W ...

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Fort Wayne Indiana - Architecture of note. Allen County Courthouse, 700 block of South Clinton Street, government building, by Brentwood S. Tolan, 1897-1902 Anthony Wayne Bank Building, 203 East Berry Street, commercial high-rise, 1960 Center School, 1893 schoolhouse restored to its original state Commerce Building, 127 West Berry Street, Beaux-Arts architecture high rise, 1923 Crooks House, residence, by postmodernist architect Michael Graves, 1976

Fort Wayne Indiana - Newspapers. Journal Gazette, daily morning newspaper The News-Sentinel, daily evening newspaper owned by Knight Ridder Fort Wayne Business Weekly, weekly business news, information & features Whatzup, weekly entertainment newspaper Ink weekly African American newspaper Frost Illustrated, weekly African American newspaper Macedonian Tribune, monthly Macedonian newspaper. See also:

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History of Virginia - Antecedents. Revolutionary sentiments first began appearing in Virginia shortly after the French and Indian War ended in 1763. The very same year, the British and Virginian governments clashed in the case of Parson's Cause. The Virginia legislature had passed the Two-Penny Act to stop clerical salaries from inflating. King George III vetoed the measure, and clergy sued for back salaries. Patrick Henry first came to ...

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Under the Northwest Ordinance, any of the states to be formed out of the Northwest Territory could be admitted as a state once the population exceeded 60,000 and a constitution was proposed by the residents. Although Ohio's population numbered only 45,000 in December 1801, Congress determined that the population was growing rapidly and Ohio could begin the path to statehood with the assumption that it would exceed 60,000 residents by the time it would become a state. On April 30, 1802, President Jefferson signed the Enabling Act of 1802 that ...

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History of Virginia - Making the Constitution. By the end of the Revolutionary War, the new American states had joined together under the Articles of Confederation. The Confederation granted very little power to the federal government. Virginia helped begin the move to stronger union by meeting with representatives from Maryland to discuss trade and navigation issues in 1785. The two states invited other to the Annapolis Convention, held in September 1786, to discuss these issues. Washington, Madison, and Alexand ...

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Virginia began a convention about secession on February 13, 1861 after six states seceded to form the Confederate States of America on February 4. The convention deliberated for several months, but, on April 13 the Virginians learned of the attack on Fort Sumter, which they saw as an act of aggression on the part of the North. On April 17, 1861 the convention voted to secede. With the entry of Virginia into the Confederacy, the decision to move the Confederate capital from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond was made on May 6 and enacted on May ...

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